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On October 25 Perez Simmons gave a talk before the Fig In- 
stitute of California Growers, held at Medera. Other Speakers were 
Prof. Ralph I. Smith, of the University of California, (Pron. Wee, 
Jacobsen, of the California Department of Agriculture, and B. J. 
Howard, of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. Mr Howard laid special 
stress on the damage being done by the Indian meal moth, declaring 
that in one case coming to his attention 35 per cent of all the figs 
offered at the warehouse by one grower were damaged by this pest. 
Included among the 38 visitors in October to the Dried—Fruit 
Insect Laboratory at Fresno were Dr. R. C. Roark, of the Federal Bur- 
eau of Chemistry and Soils; G. H. Hecke, Director, California State 
Department of Agriculture, and W. C. Jacobsen, Chief, Bureau of Plant 
Quarantine and Pest Control, and S. S. Rogers, of the Bureau of Fruit 
and Vegetable Standardization, both of the California State Depart-— 
ment of Agriculture; and G. J. Morton, Chief of the San Francisco 
station, and J. J. Shearer, Inspector, both of the Food, Drug and In- 
secticide Administration, 
DECIDUOQUS—FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. L. Quaintance, in Charge 
On October 4, at the fifty-second annual meeting of the Geor-— 
gia State Horticultural Society, at Newnan, Ga., Oliver I. Snapp dis- 
cussed the problem of the curculio, now confronting the Georgia peach 
growers. 
‘T. L. Bissell, in charge of the pecan-insect laboratory at 
Barnesville, Ga., attended the meetings of the National Pecan Grow— 
ers Association held at Macon, Ga., September 25, 26, and 27. 
On October 15, T. L. Bissell visited the departments of ento- 
mology and horticulture of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn, on 
business relating to investigations of the pecan weevil. This weevil 
has been causing injury in the eastern part of Alabama, in the dis- 
trict where Auburn is located, 
Dr. R. C. Roark, in charge of the insecticide division of the 
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, visited the field laboratory at Yakima, 
Wash., October l, 
The building occupied by the field laboratory at Yakima, Wash., 
has been enlarged to accomodate members of the Bureau of Plant In- 
dustry and the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. An additional room has 
been constructed, which is used chiefly for analytical work relating 
to the problem of spray residues. Among other changes, improved fa- 
cilities have been provided for dark-room work. 
